Agriculture portals

AGRICULTURE PORTALS

A portal is a web system that provides the functions and features to authenticate and identify the users and provide them with an easy, intuitive, personalized and user-customizable web-interface for facilitating access to information and services that are of primary relevance and interests to the users. Hence, the main purpose of of a portal is to bring the vast information and service resources available from many sources to many users in an effective manner. Thus an agriculture portal provides information and service resources pertinent to agriculture to farmers, agripreneurs,extension workers, scientists and other stakeholders of agricultural development.

List of agricultural portals in India

  1. www.agritech.tnau.ac.in – It is an agricultural portal maintained by TNAU which provides information onall aspects of agriculture and allied fields.
  2. www.indiaagristat.com - It is a comprehensive source for Indian agriculture statistics which is regularly updated. It provides authentic statistical information on sectors like agricultural education, agricultural export, agriculture census, agriculture prices, agricultural insurance, animal husbandry, agricultural marketing, horticulture production, agricultural wages and all other relevant agricultural statistics of India.
  3. www.isapindia.org - Indian society of agribusiness professionals (ISAP) is a non- government, non-profit organisation. It is a network of agriculture and allied sector professionals in India and developing countries.
  4. www.indiaagronet.com - It is a site of Indian agriculture resource center. It provides news, market update, technology, directory of companies and agricultural services.
  5. www.agriwatch.com - This website gives detail information on agricultural marketing such as commodity exchange packages, Individual exchange, external exchange quotes, services on portal and agri watch services.
  6. www.fciweb.nic.in - This is the site by Food Corporation of India.It works for effective price support, food security, price stabilization and distribute food grains through public distribution system for the benefit of both farmers and consumers.
  7. www.indiagriline.com - This website attempts to provide a platform for rural farming community and an attempt to catalyse e-commerce in rural agricultural and non-farm products and provide economic well being to rural areas. It is a network of partnerships which bring commerce, technology and value added information to help expand the choices of rural India and make farming activities a profitable business.
  8. www.indiancommodities.com - Information on cotton, rice,wheat, oil seeds, pulses, spices, coffee, and tea.
  9. www.kisan.net - A web directory of links for farmers and growers, including jobs, bulletin boards, news.
  10. www.mahindrakisanmitra.com  - The site provides brief information on Indian crops, major mandies, current price and weather forecasts for crops, cold storage and warehouses, agricultural loan schemes, and insurance scheme of farmer. It also gives the global agricultural news.
  11. www.krishiworld.com - It is a multilingual agricultural portal providing information on soil, soil water conservation, plant protection, diseases, soil fertility and fertilizer use, farm management, crops- commercial, plantation,field, cropping patterns, geographical utilization- water resources and land utilization.
  12. www.agroindia.org - This Indian agriculture website gives production guidelines and post harvest management on field crops, fruits,vegetables, flowers, aromatic plants, medicinal plants. Technology options on food technology, manures/fertilizers, agri - engineering, dairy technology,fisheries /pisciculture, poultry management.
  13. www.indg.gov.in - aims to disseminate useful information about improved technology to the farming community and service providers in the rural areas. INDG will create a platform for different levels in the rural agricultural landscape - farmers, cooperatives and professional bodies, farm machinery vendors, fertilizer and chemical companies, insurance regulators and agronomists, consultants, and farm advisors. The site also gives detail information on crop production technology, animal husbandry, fisheries, farm based enterprises (on sericulture, mushroom production, kitchen garden, vermi composting, agri-business, rural technologies) and best practices on "new method of growing rice", and precision farming.
  14. www.agriculture-industry-india.com The websites describes the latest in the agricultural scenario and Indian agro industry, agricultural reserves, EXIM policies, trade leads, business directories, catalogs and related international events, Indian Agriculture Industry Portal is the right business to business(b2b) platform.
  15. www.agricoop.nic.in  This website on agriculture lays stress on the agricultural sector, employment, opportunities, industrial sector and infrastructure. The site also displays the plant protection information network, rashtriya krishi vikas yojana, and national food security mission.
  16. www.apeda.com - agricultural and processed food products export development authority (APEDA) is mandated with the responsibility of export promotion and development of the scheduled products like: floriculture, fruit sand vegetables, processed foods, organic foods, animal products and cereals. In addition to this, APEDA is also responsible to monitor export of some non-scheduled items such as basmati rice, wheat, and coarse grains and also import of sugar.
  17. www.fert.nic.in - The website Department of fertilizers, Govt. of India, gives information on different aspects of fertilizer. www.mofpi.nic.in. Ministry of food processing industries, is the main central agency of the Government responsible for developing a strong and vibrant food processing sector; with a view to create increased job opportunities in rural areas,enable the farmers to reap benefit from modern technology, create surplus for exports and stimulating demand for processed food.
  18. www.agmarknet.nic.in This is an agricultural market site. This website has portals on Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI) which undertakes standardization, grading and quality control of agricultural and allied produce, market research and surveys, market development, promotion of cold storages, AGMARK statistics, etc., marketing boards, price trend and price behavior.
  19. www.nationalfertilizers.com National Fertilizer Ltd. is the second largest producer of nitrogenous fertilizers in the country. They produce urea andfertilizers which are beneficial for all types of crops.
  20. www.fertindia.com:  This website gives in detail about fertilizer statistics in India,fertilizer prices and fertilizer marketing in India.
  21. www.naip.icar.org.in: National Agricultural Innovation Project aims to facilitate an accelerated and sustainable transformation of the Indian agriculture so that it can support poverty alleviation and income generation through collaborative development and application of agricultural innovations by the public organizations in partnership with farmers' groups, the private sector and other stakeholders.
  22. www.dacnet.nic.in:  This is an e-governance Project of Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, being executed by National Informatics Centre to facilitate agriculture-on-line.
  23. www.icrisat.org: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi- Arid Tropics is a non-political research organization that serves the poorest of the poor in the semi-arid areas of the developing world.
  24. www.gisdevelopment.net/application/agriculture/overview/: This website gives a total overview on crop production, crop pattern, crop yield, irrigation, soil management, precision farming, relevant products and relevant links. The website gives the over view of precision farming in Indian agricultural scenario.
  25. www.ikisan.com: Ikisan is a comprehensive agri portal addressing the information, knowledge and business requirements of various players in the agri arena viz., farmers, trade channel partners and agri input / output companies.
  26. www.uttamkrishi.com: Its main aim is to make the farmers aware of the new and developed techniques used for farming. It includes from selection of crops, farming, cropping system, irrigation, seeds and other important information.
  27. Agricoop.nic.in/agstat.htm - This site provides updates on the status of agriculture. It displays report on food grains production,weather conditions, temperature, reservoir position, crop situation, pest situation and diseases, agricultural prices and marketing, research and technology development, international agricultural trade and miscellaneous developments.
  28. www.icar.org.in: Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) isan autonomous apex national organization registered as a society which plans,conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences.
  29. www.upagriculture.org: This agricultural site shows new schemes related to farmers, facilities given to them, latest techniques, new agri policies,quality control, useful machines, insects/diseases of crop and many useful information related to agriculture.
  30. www.indianaglink.com: Inter tribal Agriculture Council (IAC). This website promotes the conservation, development and use of our agricultural resources of our people.
  31. www.nafed-india.com: National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) is a national level farmers' co-operative marketing organization, provides remunerative prices to the farmers for their produce,stabilizes prices of essential commodities and ensures timely payment, promotes co-operative marketing of agricultural produce, bridges the gap between the consumer and the producer.
  32. www.agriculturalmarketing.delhigovt.nic.in: Directorate of Agricultural Marketing functions toprovide marketing facilities to agricultural producers so that they can get fair prices for their produces.
  33. www.dare.nic.in: The Department of Agriculture Research and Education (DARE) coordinates and promotes agricultural research and education in the country.
  34. www.iiss.nic.in: Indian Institute of Social Sciences, Bhopal provides information on scientific basis for enhancing and sustaining productivity of social resources with minimal environmental degradation. It also provides information on the latest software developed for soil testing methods.
  35. www.krishi.net/GovtLinks.asp#IO - This websites has a collection of various sites related to agriculture and have links to Govt. institution, agricultural universities, state links, and international organizations.
  36. www.agri.mah.nic.in: Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Maharashtra provides information on seed, fertilizer, insecticide, marketing / export and statistical data of different agricultural products.
  37. www.indg.in/agriculture/ - aims to disseminate useful information about improved technology to the farming community and service providers in the rural areas. It aims to create a platform for different levels in the rural agricultural landscape - farmers, cooperatives and professional bodies, farm machinery vendors, fertilizer and chemical companies, insurance regulators and agronomists, consultants, and farm advisors.
  38. www.indianorganic.com - this website gives detail information on organic farming.
  39. www.irri.org: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is a research and training centre established to improve the health of rice farmers.
  40. www.agrisurf.com - This is an extensive agricultural information portal operating globally.
  41. www.agriculture.exportersindia.com/ - Exportersindia maintains a large database of exporters of agricultural products which includes fertilizers, pesticides,animal extracts, agricultural product stocks, vegetable oil, irrigation equipment, fruits and juices etc.
  42. www.indiancommodity.com -This website has many links related to agriculturelike agriculture seeds, agriculture farm and dairy, agriculture weather links,agriculture business etc.
  43. www.punjabgovt.nic.in/agriculture/AGRICULT1.HTM - This website gives agricultural scenarios and new initiatives in agriculture.
  44. www.afarm.org: AFARM - action for agricultural renewal in Maharashtra is for providing drinking water and agricultural extension services to villages in drought affected Maharashtra.
  45. www.kissankerala.net: This website is a complete agri - info system for Kerala. Information on farming practices, fertilizers and pesticides, plantingmaterial are available.
  46. www.indiancommodity.com: This is India's biggest commodity portal.The commodities are rice, basmati, barley, wheat, and oil seed.
  47. www.agri.ap.nic.in - Andhra Pradesh agricultural websites gives detail information on pests and diseases, soil conservation,agriculture extension, farm mechanization etc.
  48. www.agriculture.exportersindia.com/agriculture-equipment/ - this website gives details of supplier and exporter of all types of agricultural equipments.
  49. www.tradejunction.apeda.com: - Indian Agri Trade Portal is an online initiative by APEDA, a platform for market intelligence for Indian exporters and entrepreneurs on global markets as well as bringing the Indian Exporters and the global buyers together to share buy/sell leads. It was conceived and instituted jointly by APEDA, UNCTAD and Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.
Last modified: Friday, 4 May 2012, 11:55 AM